OCR advice?

[Mila Saskova-Pierce]

Please, answer on the list.  This is, I think, important information for
all of us, slavists.
Mila Saskova-Pierce

>Mark: read this for me & offer any advice. Questions I should ask? Gaffes
>I've made?
>
>Dear SEELANGers,
>
>I'm about to begin a project that will involve converting 200+ pages of
>Cyrillic text into something that will eventually be in HTML format. Since
>there are many tech-savvy people and companies that read this usenet, I
>thought I'd start here.
>
>I'm looking for any recommendations for OCR software: The text that needs to
>be scanned is clear & fairly homogeneous, but it's poetry, so formatting is
>a complicated affair. Since this will eventually be used in HTML documents,
>the scanner should convert the text into  (I think) KOI-8, preferably to
>other formats as well (like the MAC- or PC-related codes for HTML editing in
>Cyrillic). Ideally, it should scan directly into Microsoft Word, since I've
>had good luck converting Cyrillic documents from Word to DreamWeaver (the
>HTML editor I use).
>
>Has anyone had any experience with OCR technology? Any problems using the
>data in HTML format? Does Microsoft have integrated software to use with
>Cyrillic? Any and all advice appreciated. Please respond off list, unless
>you believe that your response will be of general interest.
>
>Michael A. Denner
>Northwestern University
>
>
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>the preacher should shout... with thundering voice: "'pause, avast, why so
>seeming fast, but deadly slow?'"
>thoreau. walden. 1854.
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